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Petter Mæhlum is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Research Group for Language Technology (LTG) within the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo. His academic affiliation falls under the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. He specializes in computational linguistics, with a focus on machine translation, sentiment analysis, and language variation in Norwegian. His work addresses linguistic norms, dialectal writing, and learner variation, alongside interdisciplinary applications in healthcare and education.
His research interests span multiple areas: variety-aware machine translation, exploring how systems handle Norwegian linguistic diversity; sentiment analysis, particularly applied to patient feedback data through collaborations with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH); and applied linguistics, including lexicography and teaching Norwegian as a second language. He actively contributes to dataset development for under-resourced languages and dialects, such as NARC (Norwegian Anaphora Resolution Corpus) and NorDiaChange.
Recent publications highlight his engagement in workshops and conferences like VarDial and LREC-COLING, addressing topics ranging from dialect detection to ethical challenges in large language models. Though no specific grants or advising roles are detailed, his active participation in collaborative projects underscores his commitment to advancing language technology and healthcare NLP applications. He is affiliated with the LTG research group, which focuses on cutting-edge language processing methodologies and resources.
